2011

MAJORITY OF UAE SUPPORTS EXECUTION

almost two-thirds of residents back the death penalty and almost three-quarters support execution for murder, a new survey suggests.

USA - Louisiana. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Robert McCoy, 37, black

USA - Louisiana. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Robert McCoy, 37, black

INDIA: MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING CHILD

in India, Judge A Raja Prasad Babu of the Mahila Court-cum-Sixth Additional District Court sentenced Arun Kumar to death for killing his baby daughter because he wanted a son on November 28, 2010, in Kancharapalem in the City. He allegedly strangled the b

USA - Louisiana. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Eric Mickelson, 42, white

USA - Louisiana. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Eric Mickelson, 42, white

HANDS OFF CAIN: TAIEB BACCOUCHE, EDUCATION MINISTER AND TUNISIAN TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON, AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2011 REPORT

The presentation of the report was attended by Taieb Baccouche, Education minister and Tunisian transitional Government spokesperson. The 2011 Hands Off Cain Report confirms the positive evolution towards the abolition of the death penalty.

HANDS OFF CAIN PRESENTS 2011 REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE

the 2011 Report on the death penalty worldwide, supervised again this year by Elisabetta Zamparutti, was presented at the headquarters of Hands Off Cain. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, Education Minister and Transitional Tunisian Government spokesperso

HANDS OFF CAIN: POSITIVE EVOLUTION TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

the Hands Off Cain 2011 Report, presented today, contains the most important facts regarding the practice of the death penalty in 2010 and the first six months of 2011.

SAUDI ARABIA. 2 INDONESIAN MAIDS ON DEATH ROW WIN REPRIEVE

two Indonesian maids sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia were pardoned, the country’s embassy in Riyadh confirmed.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: RAS AL KHAIMAH KILLER HOUSEMAID TO BE EXECUTED

a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates sentenced Ethiopian housemaid S. Burhanu, 23, to death for robbing and murdering her Moroccan employer, 35, and her three-year-old daughter in August 2010 after an argument.

EX-COP GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRIPLE MURDER IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM

a court in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Duong sentenced former policeman Tran Nguyen Xuan Phuong, 32, to death for robbing and killing three women to cover gambling debts.

INDIA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR DRUG OFFENDER

Ghulam Mallik, 49, from Kashmir, was sentenced to death a second time by the NDPS court in India.

USA - Federal. In Michigan the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the federal death sentence for Marvin Gabrion, 57, white

USA - Federal. In Michigan the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the federal death sentence for Marvin Gabrion, 57, white

MUBARAK: D’ELIA (HANDS OFF CAIN)- MUBARAK TREATMENT TEST OF THE NEW EGYPT

INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE, MURDER

a division bench of the Madras High Court in India, comprising justices C Nagappan and M Sathyanarayanan, upheld the death penalty of B Kumar, 34, a mason.

FORMER CHINA MOBILE EXECUTIVE DROPS DEATH VERDICT APPEAL

the former deputy general manager of China Mobile, Zhang Chunjiang, gave up his right to appeal his death sentence after being convicted of taking bribes. Chunjiang was sentenced to death on July 23, 2011, by the Intermediate People's Court of Cangzhou.

VIETNAM COURT CONDEMNS FOUR TO DEATH

a Vietnamese court in the northern province of Bac Giang sentenced Ta Van Uu, 49, Tran Van Thao, 35, Nguyen Van Hong, 31, and Nguyen The Hai, 31, to death for heroin trafficking, an official said.

DEATH PENALTY FOR IRAQ CHURCH ATTACK

an Iraqi court sentenced three unidentified men to death for their role in the October

BOTSWANA: CONVICTS ESCAPE HANGMAN'S NOOSE

Benson Keganne had his death sentences commuted by Justices Moore, Ramodibedi and Howie of the Botswanan Court of Appeal to 18 years in jail, backdated to the first day of his incarceration.

INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO TO LIFE IN PRISON

Indian President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of Sattan and Guddu of Uttar Pradesh to life imprisonment.

CHINESE POLICE EXECUTES TWO OVER VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT

police in China’s restive Xinjiang region executed two people allegedly involved in deadly violence over the weekend, local authorities said.

SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE ON PREGNANT WOMAN ON HOLD

Judge Padman Surasena of the Colombo High Court in Sri Lanka suspended a death sentence about to be handed to Pichchi Iresha Kumudini, 35, for possessing 142.04 grams of heroin after she informed Courts that she was pregnant.

IRAN: ACID VICTIM SPARES ATTACKER FROM SAME FATE

Iranian woman Ameneh Bahrami, who was blinded and disfigured by Majid Movahedi who threw acid into her face in 2004, pardonned him at the last minute.

IRAN SENTENCED FOUR TO DEATH FOR RAPE

a court in Khomeini Shahr, in Iran's Isfahan province, sentenced four men to death for gang rape, ISNA reported. In late May, 14 men allegedly crashed a party in the city of Khomeini Shahr, locked all the men in a room, and raped the women attending the p

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO T&T GOVT: STOP THE HANGINGS

the death penalty, discrimination against lesbians and gays, excessive use of force by police officers and backlogs in the courts were human rights concerns listed in report on Trinidad & Tobago submitted by Amnesty International to the United Nations Uni

IRAN HANGS MAN FOR CHILD MURDER: REPORT

Iran hanged a man, identified by the initials HS, for murdering an eight-year-old boy in Qom who was on his way from home to a nearby grocery shop, the Fars news agency reported. He was hanged in a prison in Qom in the presence of the victim's family.

GAMBIAN COURT CONDEMNS MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER, TREASON

Justice Emmanuel Amadi of the Gambian High Court in Banjul sentenced Abdoulie Sonko to death and life imprisonment for murder and treason, PANA confirmed.

INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN BUSINESSMAN MURDER CASE

at a fast track court in Narsinghpur, India, additional sessions judge S K Pandey sentenced Rahul Razak, 22, Satish Parochi, 26, and Ashok Vishwakarma, 35, to death for into murdering Pankaj Thakur, 23, at Bhedaghat on May 5, 2009.

IRAN HANGS MAN 19 FOR RAPE

a 19-year-old unidentified man convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy was hanged in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad, the Khorasan newspaper reported. He was executed in the city’s central prison, the report added.

SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN TAIF

in Saudi Arabia, brothers Muhammad and Saud Al-Joaed were beheaded in Taif in the Mecca Province for murdering Hilal Al-Harithy with a gun in a dispute, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.

IRAN HANGS MAN ON DRUG-SMUGGLING CHARGES

a man, identified only by the initials H.D., was hanged in the southern Iranian town of Minab on charges of drug smuggling. The report in the "Kayhan" newspaper did not say whether the execution was carried out in public.